Title: Model-based automotive system integration: using vehicle hardware in-the-loop simulation for an integration of advanced hybrid electric powertrain

Authors: Abdel Raouf Mayyas; Robert Prucka; Imtiaz Haque; Pierluigi Pisu

Addresses: Department of Engineering, Arizona State University, College of Technology and Innovation CTI, 7171 E Sonoran Arroyo Mall, Peralta 335 D, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA ' Automotive Engineering Department, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research CU-ICAR, 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC 29607, USA ' Automotive Engineering Department, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research CU-ICAR, 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC 29607, USA ' Automotive Engineering Department, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research CU-ICAR, 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC 29607, USA

Abstract: This paper presents a new method for the design and validation of advanced propulsion systems using a new approach called vehicle hardware-in-the-loop (VHiL); where the development process, and mainly the validation phase, of adding hybrid electric powertrain modules to an existing platform is carried out faster, in a cost effective and controllable manner. In the VHiL laboratory a complete real vehicle equipped with a conventional powertrain is set up in a hardware-in-the-loop simulation environment, where a chassis dynamometer is used to simulate the road load. The working principle and the added value of VHiL are demonstrated with test results of the performance of the system. This new concept assists validating the inclusion of hybrid electric module to an existing platform during the design/concept stage.

Keywords: VHIL; vehicle HIL; hardware-in-the-loop; HEVs; hybrid electric vehicles; chassis dynamometer; RCP; rapid control prototyping; HEV energy management; development platform; parallel through the road; drive cycle; automotive system integration; powertrain; simulation; advanced propulsion.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEHV.2013.057606

International Journal of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, 2013 Vol.5 No.3, pp.215 - 232

Received: 25 Apr 2013
Accepted: 03 Jul 2013
Published online: 14 Nov 2013 *

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